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  Holding out hope in dark times: a little can do a lot

  In the midst of crisis, when powerful people play war games and masses suffer because of it, it is easy to feel impotent, a victim of circumstance. But there is hope. We need to look for, and recount, alternate stories that evidence hope. The quiet, "widows mite", stories of faithfulness and breakthrough in ordinary everyday living are needed, especially now.

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  Three Easter gifts every child needs to receive

  By explaining three Easter gifts, you can help your children learn about the hope of eternal life with Jesus. Here are three of the best Easter gifts ever given by Jesus' ministry at Easter time.

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  How to engage publicly in hostile contexts with truth and love as Christ's ambassadors

  We are called to be ambassadors for Christ not antagonist Christians. Yet believers cannot afford to just surrender the public square, we need to engage it with truth and love out of our convictions shaped by Christ, demonstrated by a life of faithfulness to Christ.

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  No quiet revival: when confirmation bias masks error

  Celebration of the UK's "Quiet Revival" may have suddenly gone quiet but the experience has left the Evangelical Church with valuable lessons to learn—no more so than to be cautious of confirmation bias (believing something is true because you want it to be so). We do well to ensure that what we are celebrating is verifiably accurate.

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  Devastating attack in northeastern Nigeria despite the presence of U.S. troops

  Gwoza, in northeastern Nigeria, is reeling after a series of attacks that left dozens dead and hundreds displaced in spite of U.S. military presence nearby. The U.S. intervention appears to have had little immediate impact in preventing the massacres of Christians and moderate Muslims in central and northeastern Nigeria.

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